Garbage-receptacle.



G. A. 8: J. B. PETERS.

GARBAGE RECEPTAGLR APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1911. RENEWED JULY 10, 1913.

1,082,550. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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CHARLES A. PETERS AND JOHN B. EETERS, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GARBAGE-RECEPTACLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Serial No. 778,418.

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Be it known that we, CI-IARLEs A. Pn'rnns and JOHN B. Pnrnns, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garbage- Receptacles, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in garbage receptacles, shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly described in the following specification and claims.

The object of our invention is to provide a device simple in construction, of minimum cost of manufacture, and one that may be readily cleaned and that will stand the hard usage to which devices of this character are subjected.

It is well known among manufacturers of kitchen range boilers that large quantities of the boilers are daily discarded and thrown to the scrap heap, due to imperfections in their manufacture, resulting in their not being able to withstand the pressure required or other causes y-therefore another object of our invention is to put to use the regular kitchen range boiler tanks that have been discarded as imperfect for the use originally intended, in the manufacture of the present invention. Vi e are thus enabled to use an article that might otherwise find its way to the scrap heap.

Other advantages and improvements will hereafter appear.

In the drawings accompanying this specification:Figure 1 is a side elevation of the garbage receptacle attached to the line fence,the fence being shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the receptacle as viewed from the inner or yard side of the fence. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the receptacle tilted in the act of discharging its contents. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hinged cover and means employed to engage it to the fence. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the trunnions engaging the wall of the receptacle,the latter being shown in section. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of that portion of the cover secured to the alley side of the fence and serving as an abutment against which the tilting receptacle bears when in its initial position. I

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings :A represents a division or alley fence.

B a garbage receptacle which is preferably constructed of discarded range boiler tanks,the tank being divided midway of its length and on an obtuse angle to the side walls.

'6 are suitable blocks secured to the fence on either side of the opening D, provided in the fence for the reception of the tank.

E are plates respectively secured to the blocks C, each being formed with a projecting lug E adapted to enter an aperture in each side of the tank to serve as trunnions on which the receptacle swings.

F is a hinged cover preferably formed of sheet metal, having an inner tubular edge f encircling the rod G secured to the fence by the staples g.

H are brackets secured to the fence and adapted to support the cover when the tank is swung to its discharge position indicated in Fig. 3.

I is acover closing the projecting or alley side of the opening into the tank, preferably formed of wood and braced by a bracket 1 secured to the fence and cover, and being designed to receive the impact of the swinging tank when returned to its normal posi tion. 7

F is a handle secured to the swinging cover F for raising the same in filling the receptacle, and B is a handle secured to the tank B by which it may be swung by the garbage collector into a discharging position.

In mounting the tank upon the trunnions, we prefer to drill the holes designed to receive the trunnions a little to the right of a line drawn through the longitudinal axis of the tank as shown in the drawings, the object being to provide for maintaining the tank normally in a vertical position as indicated in Fig.1 and to insure its swinging into abutting contact with the cover I after discharging its contents.

It will now be seen that by the present construction we are enabled to put to a commercial use discarded or imperfect kitchen range boiler tanks and by dividing them midway of their length in the manner indicated, two tanks may be constructed from each range boiler.

havingindicated the several parts by reference letters, the operation of the device will be readily understood.

The garbage or other refuse in deposited in the receptacle by raising the cover F and may be discharged by the collector in his pail by swinging the receptacle to the position indicated in Fig. 3. By releasing the tank, it will automatically swing back to its normal position and in abutting con tact with the cover I as indicated in Fig. 1.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination of a frame provided with an opening, a container of a length substantially the same as the length of said opening, means to swingingly mount the container in said opening with the container projecting through the opening on opposite sides of the frame, a swinging cover hinged to one side of the frame to cover one portion of the upper end of the cont-ainer when the latter is in its normal position, and means immovably secured to the opposite side of the frame to cover the remaining portion of the upper end of the container when the latter is in its normal position and serve as an abutting means for engagement bv the upper end of the container when the latter shifts to normal position and thereby limit the outward swing of the lower end of the container when it assumes its normal position.

The combination of a frame provided with an opening, a container mounted in said opening and projecting on opposite sides of the frame, means to swingingly mount the container in said opening and to maintain the container normally in position to receive material, the upper end of the container being formed on an incline, a cover hingedly connected to the frame to close said inclined opening on one side of the frame, and means on the opposite side of the frame to close the remaining portion of the opening of the container and to form a stop to limit the outward swing on such side of the frame when the container assumes its normal position.

3. In combination with a frame having an opening therein, of an inclined stop carried by the frame above the opening and adjacent thereto, a container swingingly mounted in said openin and projecting on opposite sides of the frame, said container having an inclined open end the upper portion of which is adapted to be engaged and closed by the inclined stop.

at. In combination with a frame having an opening therein, of a container swingingly mounted in said opening and projecting on opposite sides of the frame, said container having its upper end open and inclined, a stop carried by the frame and inclined in the same direction as the upper end of the container, said stop engaging the inclined pen end of the container and closing the portion of the opening that projects on one side of the frame. v

5. In combination with a supporting frame havin an opening therein, of a container swingingly mounted in said opening, said container having an inclined open end that projects on opposite sides of the frame, a closure for the portion of the open end of the container that projects on one side of the frame, a closure for the portion of the open end of the container projecting on the other side of the frame, said latter closure being provided with a surface inclined in the same direction as the inclined open end of the container for engagement with the latter to limit the swinging movement of the container in one direction.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. PETERS. J OHN B. PETERS. Witnesses GnAcn E. WVYNKOOP, SAMUEL E. THOMAS.

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